Noob dosing question

[chickenjoe reefs]

Hey everyone,

I need help. I have two nano tanks, 14 gallon & 15 gallon innovative marine AIO.

I am looking to start dosing All For Reef for alkalinity. I use tropic marin Pro reef salt as well.

14 gallon was 6.7 dkh yesterday & 6.5 dkh today.
15 gallon was 5.8 dkh yesterday & 5.5 dkh today.

Never dosed my tanks before.

also, when i start dosing, do i need to dose the water change water to match the tank? how does that work?

thanks

 

[CoralB]

Hey everyone,

I need help. I have two nano tanks, 14 gallon & 15 gallon innovative marine AIO.

I am looking to start dosing All For Reef for alkalinity. I use tropic marin Pro reef salt as well.

14 gallon was 6.7 dkh yesterday & 6.5 dkh today.
15 gallon was 5.8 dkh yesterday & 5.5 dkh today.

Never dosed my tanks before.

also, when i start dosing, do i need to dose the water change water to match the tank? how does that work?

thanks

Not sure about the (all for reefs ) but as far as the water for your water change you shouldn’t have to add anything to it .

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I would just pick a small dose (say, 0.2 dKH per day) and start using it. Then measure alk after about a week.

 

[exnisstech]

AFR is awesome especially on smaller tanks. Its perfectly fine manually dosed but I run a doser if I use it on a large tank. I think I read that it was better to raise alk to your desired level using and alk additive then start AFR but I've had no issues increasing my alk with AFR as Randy suggests. No need to match new water IMO unless your doing a very large change. The direction say to dose based on calcium levels but that never made sense to me and I don't know of anyone who does it that way. I dose based on alk. Also some report slow increases in calcium levels over time but I have not experiences that. I think maybe the folks experiencing that are skipping WCs?
For a calculator I've been using BRS and choosing ESV alk as my additive then multiplying that amount x 1.7 to calculate the AFR dose amount. @Randy Holmes-Farley stated once that is the math formula that works. Well he didn't actually state that but listed a formula and someone else dumbed it down so I could understand it
Randy do you know of an AFR specific calculator available yet?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Randy do you know of an AFR specific calculator available yet?

I do not, but it is 1.13 times as potent as my two part (BRS two part) which is in numerous calculators. :)